How Welfare States Make Us Less Civilized
The market’s informal, spontaneous cooperation for mutual benefit has been replaced by a statist mindset.
Poverty
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Did Obamacare Really Save Lives?
The actual data do not support the breathless claims that rolling back ObamaCare will literally kill many thousands of Americans.
Will Our Grandchildren Work Only Four Hours Per Day?
If capitalists have their way, we may be looking at a future of 20-hour work weeks while producing a higher standard of living.
Wages and Subsistence
Labor is appraised like a commodity not because the entrepreneurs are cruel but because they are subject to the supremacy of the pitiless consumers.
Withdrawing From Paris Agreement Helps the Most Vulnerable
Higher energy costs mean less money for raising wages for workers, hiring new employees, purchasing more inventory, or investing in capital.
Why Do Half-Measures Work for Markets, But Not for Socialism?
Socialists tell us that socialism won't work unless it's total and pure. Fortunately, even partial and halfway pro-market reforms work quite well.
We Don’t Need to Create Jobs — We Need to Create Value
Wages spring directly from, and are proportional to, the degree in which a job creates wealth by helping to satisfy an unmet need.
The Trump Budget: Real Cuts vs. the Media Version of “Cuts”
The Trump budget proposes to increase spending on Medicaid by slightly less that what had been earlier proposed. In DC-speak, this is called a "cut."
Decentralize the Welfare State
What if the US welfare state was broken up into 50 pieces and the states dole out all that money to low-income residents instead?
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